Stay Tuned with Preet

On Tuesday, Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance took the debate stage together for the first and only time. Former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and staff writer at The Atlantic, David Frum, joins Preet to dissect the politest debate of this election season. Will the vice presidential face-off impact the election? Also, Stay Tuned is going live! RSVP here to our live remote taping w...

Nadav Eyal, columnist for Yediot Ahronot, is a prominent Israeli journalist reporting on the conflict in the Middle East. Eyal joins Preet to break down Israel’s so-called pager attack on Hezbollah, how the operation came to be, and its aftermath. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or...

Years after they published the Mueller investigation findings, lawyers Aaron Zebley and Andrew Goldstein take the public behind the scenes. Zebley has served as an Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, an FBI agent, and chief of staff to Robert Mueller at the FBI. He’s now a partner at Wilmer Hale. Goldstein is the former chief of the public corruption unit at SDNY, and is now...

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by Supreme Court expert Dahlia Lithwick, while Preet is out. Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate, where she writes about the courts and the law, and hosts the legal podcast, Amicus. In an excerpt from the show, Joyce and Dahlia break down whether the Supreme Court could decide the presidential election. In the full episode, Joyce and Da...

Political strategist and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk joins Preet to discuss the transformative potential of mobile voting. Tusk shares insights from his efforts to implement mobile voting technology, which aims to increase voter turnout and make the democratic process more accessible. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/general/mobilevoting/ Have a question...

Retired Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster served as former President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. In a new book, At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, McMaster shares his experience working in the Trump Administration. He joins Preet to discuss his impressions of the former President, Trump’s orientation toward global conflict, and the war i...

In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by Westchester County District Attorney, Mimi Rocah, to discuss the second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: – Unsealed charges against six Hamas leaders for their role in planning and carrying...

Max Boot is a historian, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a columnist for the Washington Post. Boot joins Preet to discuss his new book, Reagan: His Life and Legend, and how Reagan’s presidency can help us understand the state of the Republican party today. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and qu...

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took the debate stage together for the first time. Longtime political strategists Patti Solis Doyle and Rick Wilson join Preet to discuss the debate’s highlights, Harris’s triumphant performance, and whether it will matter come election day.  For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tune...

Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance speak with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, in front of a live audience at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas. Goldberg discusses his new book, On Heroism: McCain, Milley, Mattis, and the Cowardice of Donald Trump, which includes his reporting on Republican leaders and top White House officials who stood up to Trump while he was pre...

Ruchir Sharma is a longtime investor and a contributing editor and columnist for The Financial Times, where he writes about global economics, politics, and policy. Ruchir joins Preet to discuss his latest book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, and what the election will mean for the economy.  Plus, can Trump’s public statements be used against him in court? Why didn’t special counsel Jack Smith re...

In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump in the election interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith in D.C. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: – Smith’s brief urging the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate the charges against Trump in the cla...

The CAFE team is taking a break from our usual programming this week, but we’re sharing another podcast we think you’ll enjoy. It’s hosted by Preet’s colleague, Kara Swisher, an award-winning journalist who covers tech, politics, and media. In this episode, Kara speaks with Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff for President Joe Biden and the Chief Legal Officer for Airbnb. They cover P...

The DNC just wrapped up a hugely successful week in Chicago. Preet is joined by political strategist and former chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, to discuss convention highlights and what we can expect from the Harris-Walz campaign as we approach election day. Then, Preet speaks with leading presidential historian Michael Beschloss to put this election i...

In a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara is joined by guest co-host Barb McQuade. Barb served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. She is a CAFE contributor, a law professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and a legal analyst for NBC News & MSNBC. In an excerpt from the show, Preet and Barb break down the criminal charges filed a...

Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. He joins Preet to discuss Israel’s recent assassinations in Iran and Lebanon, the inner workings of the Iranian regime, and America’s four-front Cold War.  Plus, what is former president Donald Trump’s connection to Egypt? And, what’s holdi...

In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order directing state officials to disband homeless encampments. Newsom’s directive followed a Supreme Court ruling that a local Oregon ordinance criminalizing public encampments did not violate the 8th Amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment....

Justin Wolfers is a professor of economics and public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Wolfers joins Preet to discuss the state of the economy and how the upcoming election could impact the markets.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with...

Bob Bauer is a professor at NYU Law School, President Biden’s personal attorney, and former White House Counsel to President Obama. He joins Preet to discuss the dangers of unchecked presidential power, the true potential of SCOTUS reforms, and his book, The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis.  And in lieu of the typical Q&A, Preet speaks with Mark Leibovich...

In an excerpt from a new episode of CAFE Insider, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to revoke a plea deal that would have allowed Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the man accused of plotting al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack, to avoid the death penalty.  In the full podcast, exclusively for members of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning repo...

Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor under President George W. Bush, and as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela under President Donald Trump. Abrams joins Preet to discuss the recent presidential election in Venezuela, the outlook for its authoritarian leader,...

Joanne Freeman is a professor of American History at Yale University and a leading expert on U.S. political history. Joanne joins Preet to discuss political violence, historic presidential races, and how our country’s past might inform what happens next in this election season. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/joanne-freeman-elections-kamala-harri...

In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down President Joe Biden’s proposal for term limits for Supreme Court justices. In the full episode, they further discuss Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reforms, including an ethics code and a Constitutional amendment declaring that former presidents do not have immunity from criminal prosecution. Pre...

Doug Emhoff, husband to Vice President Kamala Harris, is the Second Gentleman of the United States. He joins Preet Bharara to discuss what the past few days have been like for him and the Vice President, the campaign challenges ahead, and his advocacy work around reproductive rights and antisemitism. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us wit...

Jonathan Karl is the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and the co-anchor of This Week. He’s also the author of Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party. Karl joins Preet to discuss this historic presidential election, and the path forward for Kamala Harris to defeat Donald Trump.  Plus, Preet is now a music producer. Check out Zeshan B’s new album, “O Say, Can Yo...